🚀 go-pugleaf

	This topic has probably been discussed to death I have
never seen anything about it here:

	In my astronomy class we learned that Jupiter could
have been a twin star to the sun if only it were a little
bigger, and that it's size prevented spontaneous ignition. What
would happen if a large number of thermonuclear weapons were
used to ignite Jupiter? Could the reaction be self sustaining?
What would the effect on the solar system be? I know that the
"Aliens" in 2010 do this same thing with some alien technology.
But what would be the physics of this action. Also what would
the engineering hurdles be. Obviously with public sentiment
about fusion bombs, it would be difficult to pull off given the
level of protest against reletively harmless space reactors.

	I hope this posting develops some interest as this is
something I am really interested in. --AHB
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